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determinism
[ dih-tur-muh-niz-uhm ]
noun
- the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
- the doctrine that all events, including human choices and decisions, have sufficient causes.
determinism
/ dɪˈtɜːmɪˌnɪzəm /
noun
- Also callednecessitarianism the philosophical doctrine that all events including human actions and choices are fully determined by preceding events and states of affairs, and so that freedom of choice is illusory Compare free will
- the scientific doctrine that all occurrences in nature take place in accordance with natural laws
- the principle in classical mechanics that the values of dynamic variables of a system and of the forces acting on the system at a given time, completely determine the values of the variables at any later time
Derived Forms
- deˈterminist, nounadjective
- deˌterminˈistic, adjective
Other Words From
- de·ter·min·ist noun adjective
- de·ter·min·is·tic [dih-tur-m, uh, -, nis, -tik] adjective
- non·de·ter·min·ist noun adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of determinism1
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Example Sentences
We now understand that this is not about technological determinism.
In the early 1950s physicist David Bohm developed such a theory of “hidden variables” that restored determinism to quantum physics, but made no predictions that differed from the standard quantum mechanics math.
This view, known as technological determinism, is historically flawed, politically dangerous, and ethically questionable.
Biological determinism, the idea that human behavior is entirely innate, rightly makes people nervous.
This son has begun thrumming the strings of hereditary determinism, and is finding them holding taut.
“The idea that our genes control our fates is called genetic determinism,” Lewis says.
I have discussed this question at length in my "Determinism or Free Will."
The same method should be followed with all the other expressions in the Bible which appear to teach determinism.
We shall see that Hasdai Crescas was more consistent, and admitted determinism.
In the present instance the objections to determinism are much greater and more serious than those to freedom.
This determinism is in the one case what Bergson calls "radical finalism," and in the other "radical mechanism."
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